TAZ | PHYSICS UNDERGRADUATE | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

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Science and philosophy have maintained a fraught relationship over the centuries. Now, in an increasingly technological world, science has become pre-eminent and philosophy’s credibility and perceived relevance has suffered as a result. Indeed, renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has gone so far as to declare philosophy ‘dead’. It is certainly true that the two disciplines … Continue reading PHILOSOPHY vs. SCIENCE

We’re now past the halfway point of Term 1 and fully immersed back into the chaos of student life. It is always at around this point in the year (when it’s colder and darker and the early morning lectures start to take their toll) that I find it all too easy to lose sight of … Continue reading Why I Study Physics

Quantum Theory is perhaps one of the most peculiar scientific concepts ever - even Albert Einstein, despite his genius, could not understand it and declined to accept it. It is odd that the world’s most successful theory seems to be quite so detached from that world; it certainly works, but does anyone really understand why? … Continue reading QUANTUM PHYSICS vs. HUMANITY

One thing I was not prepared for when I came to university was quite how much of my student loan would be used to fund a newfound - and possibly excessive - coffee habit. (Although, according to some questionable research, drinking coffee actually makes you ‘more intelligent’, which is good enough for me). A student’s … Continue reading A STUDENT’S GUIDE TO COFFEE IN EXETER